Yoga Teacher Training and Mentoring

The goal of this training program is to create a dynamic blend of yoga practices from the Rajadhiraja Tantra traditions, modern yoga styles (based on Hatha yoga) with an integration of feminine wisdom and the Medicine Teachings of Native America.

This training incorporates principles of alignment, safety and physical therapy. Along with this SSYTT aims to support trainees in exploring and discovering their own unique inner yoga teacher while having a strong base of their own regular yoga practices and the necessary practical experience and knowledge with which to safely teach and support others on their journeys and to express this in harmony with their own inner dharma, gifts and creative flair.

Practices – while physically, at the base, are the Raja Dhiraja asanas along with various mudras and bandhas there is a blend of different practices that can be open to individual interpretation and inner exploration along with meditation and kirtan practices. The main focus of the asanas is internal as they influence the endocrine glands which support the balancing and refinement of the physical body as a vehicle for the souls journey into deeper meditative practices.

The Philosophy and Teachings - Though they go back some thousands of years, many of the teachings and practices on this course come more recently from the Yoga Master, Shrii Shrii Anandmurti. While they come from the ancient Tantric tradition, it is important for this school that the teachings are non-dogmatic and relevant for the complexities of each individual (both female and male) today and can be integrated into our lives in a healthy and heartful way.

The central teachings of “Self Realization and Service to all” are based on the Tantric tradition, also known as Raja Dhiraja Yoga. While there is a strong emphasis on asana/yoga postures in this training it is important to know that there is a deep philosophical undercurrent to all practices. At the root, are the Yamas and Niyamas, the practices/sadhana are considered to be “the way” with the goal being spiritual realisation or Samadhi. Karma, Jinana and Bhakti Yoga (the yoga of action, knowledge and devotion) are explored as a way of life. The teachings also encompass the Eight limbs of Yoga - As'taunga Yoga, the four aspects of Bhagavata Dharma, The Cycle of Creation – Brahma Cakra; Life, Death and Samska'ra (Karma), the Kos'as/Layers of the Mind and Yoga Psychology – the science of the Cakras.

Sian Lalita’ Alcock, the main trainer for this course, has been travelling globally and teaching yoga for over 25 years and has been a trainer for over 10 years including working with the Ananda Marga Yoga Teacher Training School as well as the Himalayan Yoga Institute, both registered schools with the Yoga Alliance (USA).

Upon returning to the UK, Lalita’ was inspired to bring these beautiful Tantric/Rajadhiraja teachings together along with her own feminine wisdom of the Land blended with her ongoing training (over the last 5 years) as a Medicine Woman of the Native American Tradition, thus creating her own integrative non-dogmatic teacher training program that seeks to honour each students’ unique inner and outer journey, their Dharma, sometimes known as the Sacred Dream of their Soul.

This course is taught as a year long program (for those living locally) or a more intensive modular format over three separate weeks or a three week intensive program.